Example sentences of "[verb] to take the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'll need to take the second right after those lights , dear . |
| 3 | GOVERNORS at Colchester County High School have voted to take the first steps on the road to opting out . |
| 4 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 5 | The Australians just needed three ends to take the third set with a 7-0 whitewash and then confined the New Zealanders to just three singles , one in the fourth set and two in the last , to complete a 1-7 , 7-6 , 7-0 , 7-1 , 7-2 win . |
| 6 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 7 | He has got to take the next action , it 's up to him now . |
| 8 | Without this they could not communicate with one another , if each claimed to take the first place " . |
| 9 | You 're going to take the second right , just after that pub . ’ |
| 10 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 11 | CSM fears to take the first step that might disrupt its partnership with industry . |
| 12 | Alistair telephoned — He then discussed the matter with Hazel and decided to take the next day off work . |
| 13 | He had been invited either to refute the allegations publicly or to withdraw from the elections , and reportedly chose to take the second option . |
| 14 | GRAHAM BARROW hopes to take the first step towards a brighter future for Chester City today . |
| 15 | The trouble is that companies need two to three times as many pay grades as they do working layers , and once they 've established the pay grades , which are easy to describe and set up , they fail to take the next step and set up a different managerial hierarchy based on responsibility rather than salary . |
| 16 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 17 | Because you have to take the last number off it . |